There are still some places guidebook author Patricia Schultz needs to see before she dies.
The writer of the popular 1,000 Places to See Before You Die series, who will talk Tuesday at the Sandy Library, guesses she has been to about 80 percent of the places she has listed in her book.
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Patricia Schultz’ big travel advice list
Best-selling travel writer Patricia Schultz, who wrote 1,000 Places to See Before You Die, will speak at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 21 at the Sandy Library, 10100 Petunia Way, Sandy.
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She says there’s no quota, rhyme or reason to her list, which includes 200 new places in the book’s second edition.
"These are places I had culled from a whole lifetime of travel," Schultz said. "These were places I had seen much in the past, had revisited, or was vetting, if not physically. The beauty was that the publisher gave me carte blanche to list places anywhere in the world, whether they were far-flung, in our backyard, well-known or unheard of."
Schultz, who is based in New York City, took eight years to write the first book and four years for the rewrite. Her book series, which includes 1,000 Places to See in the United States and Canada Before You Die and Island Getaways in the Caribbean, Bahamas and Bermuda, appeals to young adults who have graduated from school and want to take a year to explore, as well as newly retired folks with time and discretionary income on their hands. "People love lists," she said. "People want a road map."
The book includes four Utah listings: skiing in the Wasatch, the Mormon Church’s Temple Square, Zion and Bryce Canyon national parks, and Moab’s redrock country. "I’ve been to Utah a few times, and it blows me away," said Schultz, who’s entranced about how it’s possible to explore Bryce and Zion in a single day.
The author lists the Four Corners area as one of her favorite areas in the United States, calling it a place brimming with beautiful things, as well as the draw of the area’s American Indian history.
Asked about her favorite places in the world, Schultz listed her home in New York City and Italy, a former home.
"As a city for people who are lovers of energy and culture 24-7, New York City knows no equal," she said. "When I have traveled the world, I come back here so happily and readily. There is no other city on the planet that approaches New York City. You can go away for a week and return to find a new city."
Outside America, she said Italy remains a favorite, despite its small size — about as big as Arkansas — and some of its faults.
"There are more world heritage UNESCO sites in Italy than in any other country of the world," she said. "You have the big cities. Venice is not of this Earth. Then you have the countryside, Tuscany, the islands, Sicily, the architecture, the food, music, lovely people, design, fashion, the diversity and Pompeii. I could go back a million times, and I go back very often."
The new book contains 28 new countries and 600 color photographs, including basic information about hotels, restaurants, festivals, websites, phone numbers, prices and the best times to visit.
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